Mother's Day: DIY tea bags

Show your Mum some love this Mother's Day with these cute personalised tea bags.

My Mum loves tea so I thought these would be a perfect little gift. I love the personal touch and every time she has a cup she can read the quotes, I hope they will make her smile.  Each element of this project is totally customisable so you will be able to tailor it to your mum a friend or whomever it's for. You will notice that I decided on a purple colour scheme throughout as this is my mum's favourite colour, and mine if you hadn't guessed.

Before I start this is just a little warning that it is going to be a long post - please bear with me until the end and you will have the perfect personalised gift for a tea lover.

Secrets St.James Montego Bay with Thomson

View from my balcony.

It's going to be a short and sweet post this week as I am just back from a fantastic holiday in Jamaica for one of my best friends weddings. I thought I would give you a quick review of the flight and resort and a peek at a few of the photos and I mean a few as there were 2,500 of them to sort through.

Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes

Ok. So I couldn't resist, not just one pancake recipe but two!! If you haven't already check out last weeks post for my Bacon Pancake Strips but only after you've read this one of course!!

If you like cinnamon buns then you are going to love these Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes. Fluffy pancakes with a cinnamon twist.

Bacon Pancake Strips

Seeing as I'll be in Jamaica for Pancake Day . . . ahhhh so so so excited. I decided to have an early Pancake Day because of course I couldn't miss out! This year I wanted to try something different to the usual crêpe like pancakes I make every year. I have seen these Bacon Pancake Strips or Dippers all over Pinterest and I thought they were a good way to combine my love of bacon and maple syrup!!

January Favourites

It's that time again... Monthly Favourites! I can't believe January is already over, hasn't it just gone so quick.
I have been hoping for snow this month as we didn't have a white Christmas but no ... London has just been very cold and wet. At least I know I'll be having my fix on the slopes in March but first it's off to Jamaica next week for some Sun, Sea and one of my besties WEDDINGS - I  cannot contain my excitement!!!!
Just one more week to power through.